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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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  2. The entire showerthought must be in the title
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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
    • A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
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[–] Kyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not sure I've seen an orange, white, brown or purple traffic light before!

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've only seen red, yellow, and green bell peppers. Maybe orange

[–] Kyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Red, orange, yellow and green are all the same varient, but at different ripenesses. The others are different varients.

Mostly just a novelty. Throw in a bit more colour, if available.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Red bell peppers are just ripe green bell peppers, yes. But yellow, orange, etc. are actually distinct varieties. These are indeed all from the same species of plant, though.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I just looked it up and there's also apparently a "permagreen" variety that obviously doesn't turn red, making it all even more confusing!

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm dumb but I sampled all of them raw and orange definitely taste the best.

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

They definitely have differences in flavor, I had an executive chef that absolutely hated green bell peppers. The "underripe" green bell is much more vegetal than it's sweeter, ripened red form, which has had more time to develop natural sugars. Like a banana. In fact, peppers and bananas are both technically berries, botanically speaking! Raspberries and strawberries aren't though? lol